Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Help Wanted

At breakfast this morning I was reading the Bangkok Post. On the last page of the classified ads, I saw something that caught my attention. There, among the adds for restaurants, massage parlors, escorts and fetish clubs was a large add for plastic surgery.

What made the ad stand out is that the first item was for a sex change. For only $1,625 you too can be a woman. Actually, the real cost is close to $2,000, as the exchange rate listed was 40 baht per dollar, and the real one is about 33 per dollar. That's right, for a little less than two grand you can get rid of the beans and franks that you are currently sporting and have your very own vagina. Or at least as close to a vagina that a man can make. What I don't know is if that includes a set new breasts. I imagine that it might not, as breast enlargements are also advertised for $1,250 (really about $1,500).

There are a lot of other services available. You can get a liposuction for about $750, while a facelift would set you back about a grand. One nice thing is that they charge Thais and foreigners the same price.

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